RIC, URI receive $12.5 million National Science Foundation grant to improve middle and high school science education
A project based at Rhode Island College and the University of Rhode Island to improve science learning at the middle and secondary levels in Rhode Island has received a $12.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) – the largest such grant ever awarded in Rhode Island.
The project will be administered in schools statewide through the newly established Rhode Island STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Center at RIC.
The NSF grant, awarded to RIC and URI, is the first large-scale funding under the umbrella of the STEM Center. Read more...
The RITES Leadership Team:
Back l to r: Bob Tinker (Concord Consortium), Peter McLaren (RIDE), Glênisson de Oliveira (RIC), Ken Biel (Concord Consortium)
Front l to r: Deborah Collins (EA), Kathryn Crowley (Johnston Public Schools), Dan Murray (URI)
Not pictured: David Cedrone (RIEDC)
Picture courtesy of http://www.alliance.brown.edu
RIC, URI receive $12.5 million National Science Foundation grant to improve middle and high school science education
The project will be administered in schools statewide through the newly established Rhode Island STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) Center at RIC.
The NSF grant, awarded to RIC and URI, is the first large-scale funding under the umbrella of the STEM Center. Read more...
The RITES Leadership Team:
Back l to r: Bob Tinker (Concord Consortium), Peter McLaren (RIDE), Glênisson de Oliveira (RIC), Ken Biel (Concord Consortium)
Front l to r: Deborah Collins (EA), Kathryn Crowley (Johnston Public Schools), Dan Murray (URI)
Not pictured: David Cedrone (RIEDC)
Picture courtesy of
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